Apparel corset



D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION min NOV.l,19I9.

Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

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APPAREL cmsn. APPLICATION FILED HOV. 1. l9l9.

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Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

DANIEL KOPS OF NEW YORK, N. Y. Y

APPAREL-CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

Application filed November 1, 1918. Serial No. 335,023.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL Kore, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in Apparel-Corsets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

.This invention relates to an apparel corset and the object thereof isto so construct and place the stay members in an apparel corset as toproduce a flattening elfect and provide a support in a redeterminedsection of the garment for the underlying portions of the body of thewearer. n carrying out the invention, and to accomplish this purpose theapparel corset is provided with a p urality of stays which are so placedas to converge to a redetermined section of the body of the garment sothat, as hereinbefore stated, the sta members may form a support for theun erlying parts of the body of the wearer, and in placing the stays inthe garment in accordance with this invention, the convergin portions ofthe stay members form an em orage to maintain in position the upper endsof the stay memers for the divergent ends thereof so that by placing anelastic or other ielding insert in the edge of the garment diver 'ng ens of the stay members, the stretc of the yielding insert member islocalized, or in other words, restrictedto the section of the garmentadpment the edge thereof which extends between the divergent ends of thestay members in order, as will be understood, to provide a pocket forthe underly' fleshy rtions of the body which mig t otherwise extend overthe edge of the rment, and in so doing, produce an uneom ortable andoftentimes ispleasing efi'ect.

In'the drawing: v

Figure 1 is a pers active view illustrating a corset garment am dyingthe present invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevation on an enlarged scale ortion of one form ofgarment e invention, and

Fig. 3 is an elevation showing another form of the invention.

Referrin to the drawing and particularl to Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, thecorset ma e in accordance with my present invention preferably comprisesthe usual corset body halves 10 and 11, both of which are fitted withthe usual front steels, and adapttween the position on the bod ed to beconnected by the customary clasps. At the rear of the garment as is alsocustomary, the ed 5 are provided with series of eyelets 13 tirough whichlaces 14 are threaded so as to secure the garment in position on thebody of the wearer. Also as is customary, this form of garment may beprovided with a depending skirt indicated at 15.

In carrying out the invention, I employ in predetermined positions, aplurality of stay ckets which, as indicated in Fig. 2, are esignated bthe reference characters 16, 17 and 18 an are placed at the rear of thegarment. These stay pockets diverge upwardly toward the upper-ed of thegarment and are fitted respectively with stay members 19, 20 and 21.hesc sta members as indicated in Fig. 2 referab y extend from the upperedge of t e garment or adgqacent the upper edge to points indicated atso as'to converge over the small of the back to produce afiatteningefi'ect and rovide a support for the underlying parts 0 the body): thewearer. Also as shown in Fig. 2, tween the upper or divergent ends ofthe stay members, there is an elastic insert 23 tot between the outerstay members or the stay members 19 and 21. vAs shown in this form ofthe invention, I may also emplo a strap 24 suitably secured to the innerside of the garment and extending transversely thereof at approximatelythe waist line.

As illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the stay members are placed inthe back of the garment and extend from the-upper edge thereof topositions indicated at 22 substantially below the waist line, andconverging to a section of the garment overlying the small of the backiwhen the corset IS in of the wearer. In so doing, as will be onerstood, these stay members converging to the section of the garmentwhich overlies the small of the back will form a support therefor, andfurthermore, these convergin sections of the stay members make an ancorage thereof to secure the upper ends of the stay members in position wen the garment is on the body of the wearer so as to localize thestretch of the insert member 23. This, as hereinbefore stated, providesa pocket for the underlying flesh of the body of the wearer which mightotherwise protrude over the upper edge of the garment.

Referring to Fig. 3 in which a modified form of the invention is shown,I have illustrated the use of a pair of stay pockets 25 and 26 in whichthere are placed stay memhers '27 and 28, and also an adjacent staypocket 29 in whieh there a starmemher 30. The. stay members in this formof the invention extend substantially from the upper edge of thegarment, to the. lower edge, thereof and converge from the upper edgetoward the lower edge so as to provide a support for the underlyingparts of the body of the wearer in the same manner as described iiironnertion with the form of the invention shown in Figs. l and L'. Inthis -form of the invention shown in Fig. 3, however, as will be noted.I may dispense entirely with the elastir insert member in the upperedfle cit-the garment.

It willhe understood that while I have herein shown and deserila-dinstant-es in which two and three diverging stay members have beenen|'plo r etl,-tl|at the'partieular number of the stays may be inereasulas mag,- be, neeessarr and fornis nopart of the inven- 'tion'iFurt'ermom thltsw tile 1 hareherein shew-ataxia dasctibeduth'e. {stay men li'ers 1 as {beingfiised -inthe btielrioftthe garment they iit-"i'fis'rfrfli -u riitnfit s glted the me thi.

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may he employed in any position therein to effect. the purposesdesignated.

- -I claim as my invention:

it. In an apparel eorset, a plurality of sthys extending from the upperedge of the gzirmenl. at the rear thereof and ronvergimg downwardly ,toapproxinultely the lower edge of the garment to produce a flatteningell'eet and provide a support at the small of the'haek of the. wearer.

J. In an apparel eorsel. a plnl'alit of stays extending from the. upperedge of the garment at the rear thereof and roin'erging do\\'n\\ardl toapproxinmtely the lower edge of the garnn-nt to produce a flatteningeffort and. provide a support at the small of the lmek of the. wearer,and an elastie insertplaeed in the tl|l||t'l'.('tlgt of the gar n n'tand extending lmtwee'n the'divergant einh frthe olttel'llltmt stays,which, by their .di ing positions, form an anchorage tolilfllltlifilliillti same in 'msit-ion and thus Ioadim'th of. the,astie. insert. to that seetipnrgthe garment. in whiehthe insertisplatiei -i ;f-. "d .'r

